Goggle valve



Dec. 8, 1953 G. HooKHAM GOGGLE VALVE Filed Oct. 26, 1949 2 SheetS-Shee't l G. HOOKHAM Dec. 8, 1953 GOGGLE VALVE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 26, 1949 @www Patented Dec. 8, 1953 George Hookham, London, lohn, Miles & Partners England, assignorV tm.

London) Limited; Lon;-

dnniEnglnnda British company Appiicatmnoctober 26, 1949, serialNol 123,622

:Claims priority application Great Britain 1 September 7, 19,49

The, present. invention relates to. an improved plate Q1;l goggle valve, Of, the. kind.- cornmonly used for controlling the. flow oi fluid through pipes ofvlarge diameter.

V llt isV common practice atV the present time, in order to control the, flow of fluidv through a pipe, to make a gap in the pipe. and insert, in the gap a, valve Which consists essentially` ofv two short lengths ot pipe. between which is nplled a movable goggle plate.

Such an arrangement has, the advantage that the. ,valve` as a Whole can be assembled in the workshop and then. movedtransversely,u into position in the, gap, or can ber unbolted and moved transversely within the, gap,I for repair, and all .with little disturbance.

A valve of this known kind comprises the said two short-. lengths of pipes, a. bridging member for holding adjacent;endsjofv the pipes at a fixed axial,` distanceapart,4 a, ring, locatedfbetween the iixedV ends, an expansion joint between one end and the ring, a movable, gogglel plateV situated between valve. seats formed.k on thefring, and the other 'onda1 plurality ci. springsr for nipping1 the plate between the, seats and. hydraulic rams for forcing the seats apart, against the action of. the

57 Claims. (Cl. 1384-434) springs, so that. the goggle plate can be moved transversely of the pipes.

Nevertheless with., these, known. arrangements, it is' notpossible to remove a single spring for repair independentlyY ofI the`V otherY springs and independently of the rams, so that whenever one spring has to be repaired,Y thewhole gogglegvalve isfpladhflut 0f commission or itsfunctioning is at@A least seriously impaired. The-,same conditions apply-if aram has toV be removed for repair.

Accordingly it iS- al! object of the'present invention to provide' meansv whereby either a single spring; or a single ram` canf be removed forreplacement: or repair without-placing the goggle YlVeoutof commissioner seriously impairing its function.

It is an object of the present invention to provide, in a valve of this kind, means whereby each of the springs may be removed for repair or replacement independently of the rams and of all the other springs and without rendering the valve inoperative.

Preferably three pairs of springs are spaced angularly around the pipes, each spring being housed in a contractable and expansible two-part box which is normally under compression so as to force the two parts against the ring and a pipe-end respectively, means being provided for contracting each box, against the action of the contained springs, to bring the two parts away from these members.

A preferred tormKoi thev invention willv novv` be describedV with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a Figure 2 is anendelevation ofthe Valve, ypartly in section, and f p Figure 3 is a longitudinal section, on a more open scale, of a portion of the valve;- shown in the other gures. Y

Thev pipe through xwhich the fluid., tof be. controlled passes is shovvnatLk t0, MIA. A gapigmade in it and its ends are-hanged asshown at Hf, IIA to receive a similarly flanged goggle7 valve which can bev movedfninto the, gap tranSYeISLely and connected by boltsA y,ot shown); tothe nanges II, IlLv as shown inFigure'l. Y j j The, valve; comprises two short lengths of; pipe sections A and B between whichr is located@ ai, ring I2. Between, the ring 2; and-f pipe sections 'A is conected by bolts (not shown), an,A expansion joint I-3- providedwith a bellows M., The ring I-2 andA pipe sections Bare: formed-1 ,withl val-ve seats I5,e andlty respectively: betweengwhich can be nipped a` goggley plate; 111:., The: goggle plate rotatable, on; a pivotg I,8 mounted onther-ing The goggle plates. IfIff, is movedptransversely with respect, to` the'. pipe'sections by: mean-s of: a cableg I;9 xed at, Zllgfpassing.v around. the; frame 26| of the goggle:platesuandtaroundi aMdru-m"` 22 which is 4controlled with the aid of a: handiwheel-i 2.3.andchain124a1 Y f' The pipe sections1 and? Bisa'retheldi rigidly at a. fixed' distance apart.` bylmeans of.' the equi angularly. spaced: longitudinallrods 25, 2.156 and 21 anditransverse platesv such asy those shown at 28 and129'.

The goggle plateA lili-is-y nippedl betweenL the valve seats: I-5f and; .Ii with vthefa-idf off' thre`epairslv of springs equiangularly spaced around the pipes.

The springs .are housed in three pairs of boxes 30, 3I; 32, 33 and 34, 35 respectively, and one of the springs, namely that in the box 33, is shown at 36 (Figure 3).

The six springs and boxes are all identical. Each box consists of two parts 31 and 38 the formerof which bears against plate 28 and the latter of which bears against a plate 39 rigid with a plate 40 xed on the ring I2.

Between the plate 40 on the ring I2 and the plate 29 on the pipe sections B is located a hydraulic piston and cylinder 4I and 42 respectively.

When uid is injected respect to Figure 1, against the action of the' under pressure into the.

springs, so as to open the valve seats l and I6 to allow the goggle plate I1 to be angularly moved with respect to the pipe sections A and B and thus control the rate of flow of fluid through the pipe sections.

When fluid is withdrawn from the cylinder 42 the springs such as 36 again expand to force the valve seat l5 towards seat I6 and thus seal the goggle plate I1 between the seats.

The part 31 (Figure 3) of the box is formed with a spigot 43 lying in a recess formed for the purpose on the plate 28. Similarly, the part 38 of the box is formed with a spigot 44 nesting in a co-operating recess formed'in the plate 39. The two spigots 43 and 44 are perpendicular.

The two halves 31 and 38 of the box are held together with the aid of bolts 45 and 46, the spring 36 normally serving to urge the vparts apart so that the spigots 43 and 44 are normally seated in their respective recesses. The gap 41 between the box parts 31 and 38 is a little greater in the longitudinal direction than the depth of the spigots 43 and 44 in the same direction so that when desired nuts 48 and 49 on the bolts 45 and 46 respectively can be screwed up to close the gap 41 and thus withdraw one of the spigots 43 or 44 from its recess. When this has been done, the box, and the spring contained thereby, can be slid in the transverse direction along the other spigot and so removed from the valve for repair or replacement.

I claim:

4 xed axial distance apart, an axially movable ring located between the fixed ends of the pipe sections, expansion joint movably connecting said ring and one pipe section, a transversely movable goggle plate removably engaged between the ring and the other pipe section, three pairs of spring means respectively disposed at spaced angular positions around the exteriors of the pipe sections, each of said pairs of spring 1. A goggle valve for controlling the iiow of Y' fluid comprising two coaxially spaced pipe sections, means connected to said pipe sections for holding adjacent ends of the pipe sections at a xed axial distance apart, an axially movable ring located between the lXed ends of the pipe be removed transversely of the pipe in the direcsections, an expansion joint movably connecting said ring and one pipe section, a transversely movable goggle plate removably engaged between the ring and the other pipe section, a plurality of pairs of springs respectively disposed at spaced angular positions around the exteriors of the pipe sections, each of said pairs of springs being engaged between the ring and said one pipe section so as to force the ring towards the other pipe section, and rams engaged between the ring and the other pipe section to force the ring away from said other pipe section against the action of the springs so that said goggle plate may be removed from or inserted between said ring and `means being engaged between the ring and said one pipe section so as to force the ring towards the other pipe section, and rams engaged between the ring and the other pipe section to force the ring away from said other pipe section against the action of the spring means so that said goggle plate may be moved transversely with respectl to the pipe sections, each of said springs being removable transversely of the pipes independently of the rams and all other springs, each of said spring means comprising a contractable and expansible two-part box and an expansion spring engaged between the two parts of the box to urge the parts apart, said ring and said one pipe section each having a plurality of bearing parts thereon for engagement with said box parts, each of said box parts and the bearing part it engages having cooperating spigot end recess means.

3. The combination claimed in claim 2, the spigot means for each of said two-part boxes being at right angles with one another.

4. The combination claimed in claim 2, the Ishape and dimensions of the boxes and spigot means being such that when a box has been con-v tracted, one of its spigot means can be withdrawn axially of the pipe sections from its cooperating recess means so that the box can then tion of the other spigot means.

5. The combination claimed in claim 2, and

' means for contracting each box against the exthe other pipe section, each of said springs be- 1 ing removable transversely of the pipes independently of the rams and all other springs.

2. A goggle valve for controlling the flow of iiuid comprising two coaxially spaced pipe sections, means connected to said pipe sections for holding adjacent ends of the pipe sections at a pansive action of the contained spring, whereby said box may be removed from between said bearing members.

GEORGE HOOKHAM.

Great Britain June 4, 1931 

